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CVE-2021-32749

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-32749 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Fail2ban versions 0.9.7 and prior, 0.10.0 through 0.10.6, and 0.11.0 through 0.11.2, specifically impacting the mail-whois action. It carries a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requiring high attack complexity due to the need for man-in-the-middle or whois server compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant media coverage, though it has received some community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0.10.0, < 0.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 0.11.0, < 0.11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fail2ban:fail2ban:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0362 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/2ed414ed09b3bb4c478abc9366a1ff22024a33c9
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / fail2ban/fail2ban/commit/410a6ce5c80dd981c22752da034f2529b5eee844
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / fail2ban/fail2ban/security/advisories/GHSA-m985-3f3v-cwmm
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5WHJK2X2MR2WDYZMCW7COZXJDUSDYMY6
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZRYQ77MTX5WSV33VCJLK4KBKR55QZ7ZA
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202310-13